Northern Ireland to receive special status for EU trade

The United Kingdom will attempt to break the deadlock in the Brexitnegotiations with a proposal to grant Northern Irelandjoint UK and European Union status so that it can trade freely with both, The Sun newspaper reported.

Brexit Secretary David Davis has put forward a proposal of a 10-mile (16-km)-wide trade buffer zone along the border that would be in effect for local traders like dairy farmers after the UKleaves the bloc, the newspaper said.

The special economic zone will mean traders, who constitute the overwhelming majority of cross-border traffic, can operate under the same rules as those south of the border, the report said, citing a senior government official.